Substantive Procedures Rote Flashcards
Income (add up income to ledger TB)
Add up income recorded in general ledger and agree total to trial balance
Restructuring provision (add up restructuring to general ledger) Compare
Add up schedule of restructuring costs and agree total to general ledger
Loans (add up schedule bank loans agree to) compare
Add up schedule of bank loans and agree total to general ledger
Loans (Review FS confirm IFRS)
Review FS to confirm disclosures made in accordance with IFRS
Restructuring provision (Inspect FS disclosure IFRS)
Inspect FSs to confirm disclosure of provision in line with IFRS
Income => analytical procedure (income category investigate changes) Compare
Compare total income by category and investigate unexpected changes
Income => analytical procedure (sales to prior year unexpected) Compare
Compare sales to prior year and investigate unexpected changes
Restructuring provision Inspect (board meeting restructuring discussion)
Inspect minutes in board meeting to confirm restructuring was discussed
Restructuring provision Inspect (notice staff to SFP date)
Inspect notice sent to staff is before SFP date
Restructuring provision (inspect schedule restructuring costs validity provision)
Inspect schedule to confirm restructuring costs are acceptable as a provision
Loans Inspect (inspect agreement confirm interest)
Inspect loan agreement to confirm interest rate / repayment terms
Loans inspect (bank statement amount repayment)
Inspect bank statement to confirm AMOUNT of loan repayment made
Loans inspect (bank statement confirm receipt loan)
Inspect bank statement to confirm receipt of AMOUNT of loan
If significant increase in receivables collection period? (V) Calculate
Calculate receivables collection period and compare with last year to monitor any changes
Receivables and bank statement (post-yesr bank receivables convert to cash) Inspect (V)
Inspect post-year bank statement to verify whether receivables have been converted to cash
Allowance for doubtful debt (receivables) and management Enquiry (V)
Enquiry with managment about their assumptions for allowance of the doubtful debt
Trade receivables and written off (V) Discuss management whether need to be written up from aged receivable
Get aged receivables analysis and identify old receivables and discuss with management whether they need to be written off
Trade receivables and board minutes (V) Review
Review board minutes to verify whether there’s significant concern about whether a certain customer can pay
Trade receivables and increasing the allowance (V) Discuss rationale?
Discuss with the finance director the rationale behind not increasing the allowance for trade receivables
Disposals of NCA (breakdown and review NCA register writtenm off) Obtain
Obtain breakdown of disposals, review non-current assets register and determine what can be written off
Disposals of NCA (Recalculate profit agree TB)
Recalculate profit/loss on disposal and agree to trial balance and SPL
Disposals of NCA (Select sample documentation agree proceeds documentation) Compare
Select a sample of disposals and agree sale proceeds to supporting documentation (e.g sundry sales invoices)
Tax payable accrual (accrual prior year) Compare
Compare accrual for income in prior year, investigate any differences
Tax payable year-end general ledger accrual comparison Compare
Compare year-end tax payable accrual to general ledger and investigate any differences
Tax payable re-perform calculation accuracy discuss variances
Re-perform calculation on the accrual to confirm accuracy and discuss variances with management
Tax payable subsequent post cash book and statement completeness (subsequent payment confirm)
Agree subsequent payment to post year-end cash book and bank statements to confirm completeness
Tax payable and third parties (review correspondence, discuss additional agree accrual)
Review any correspondence with tax authoirites and discuss additional outstanding payments due, then agree to year-end accrual
Tax payable and disclosures (review disclosures income tax accrual IFRS)
Review any disclosures made to income tax accrual and assess whether this complies with IFRS
Provision for legal claim (discuss nature why amount provided)
Discuss with management the nature of the claim and why only AMOUNT provided
Provision for legal claim (review lawyers obtain outcome payment)
Review correspondence with lawyers and obtain the likely outcome and possibility of payment
Provision for legal claim (inspect correspondence customer recognised)
Inspect correspondence with customer about whether the provision should be recognised, and whether the amount is reasonable
Provision for legal claim (inspect post-year ledger cash compare FSs)
Inspect post year-end bank ledger and cash book to identify whether any payments have been made and compare these amounts to the FSs
Provision for legal claim (inspect board payment FD probable)
Inspect relevant board minutes and discuss with FD whether the payment is probable
Provision for legal claim (review FSs compliance IAS)
Review the FSs to ensure the accounting for provision in compliance with IAS 37
Provision for legal claim (obtain written representation valued)
Obtain written representation from management that provision is valued appropriately and is complete
Provision for legal claim (inspect FSs contingent compliance IAS)
Inspect FSs for contingent liability disclosures and ensure compliance with IAS 37
Provision for legal claim (discuss mislabelling likelihood customers)
Discuss mislabelling with management and assess the likelihood other customers have been affected
Trade payables (calculate period and compare year. variances)
Calculate payables payment period for current year and compare to last year. Discuss significant variances with management
Trade payables (compare payables and GRN prior)
Compare total payables and Goods Received Note accrual against prior year
Trade payables (compare list accruals fluctuations management)
Compare list of accruals this year to identify missing items/fluctuations and discuss with management
Trade payables (discuss payment run and materiality)
Discuss with management process undertaken to quantify misstatement due to payment run and consider materiality of errors
Trade payables (review journal payables errors included)
Review journal entry processed to correct misstatement of trade payables due to payment run to ensure errors ha ve been included
Trade payables (reperform reconciliations agree individual balances)
Reperform a sample of supplier statement reconciliations and agree to individual supplier balances. Investigate reconciling items
Trade payables (Select invoice review GRNs pre post)
Select a sample of purchase invocies, and review using GRNs whether these goods were included pre or post-year end
Trade payables (Select sample balances circularisation non-response)
Select sample of trade payables balances and perform trade payables’ circulisation. Follow up on non-responses